GRANTS Bulletproof vests

Sixteen area police departments will receive more than $46,000 in federal funds through the U.S. Department of Justice's Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program to buy the vests for officers. They are: DepartmentNo. of vests Austintown38Beaver1Boardman13Brookfield6Campbell18Canfield city6East Palestine9Hartford1Howland1Lordstown4Lowellville9Milton14Mill Creek Metropolitan Park District12Struthers,3Warren67Washingtonville7 Source: U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr.'s office